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To: DoodleDawg
Might want to check your dates.

Might want to read some actual history.

In September, military officials arrested at least 30 members of the legislature who were deemed to be sympathetic to the South. “Arrest and Detention of Certain Members of the Maryland Legislature,” in OR II:I, 667-675.

Captured War Department correspondence indicated that the administration believed large majorities of both the House of Delegates and State Senate were likely to vote for secession, and carried out a deliberate effort to deny their ability to assemble.Secret Correspondence Illustrating the Condition of Affairs in Maryland (Baltimore, 1863), 14-30. Denton, Southern Star, 152-153.

In April, Lincoln had decided against arresting members of the Maryland legislature, acknowledging their right to assemble and debate, but now the administration now determined that no vote would be allowed. Abraham Lincoln, “April 25, 1861, Order to General Scott,” in Nicolay and Hay, Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 6, 255-256.

65 posted on 01/20/2022 6:15:31 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
Might want to read some actual history.

I will if you will.

67 posted on 01/20/2022 6:20:00 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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